Catalytic Converter thieves tarnish Christmas by clipping wires of festive lights!
A pet grooming shop on Lambourne Road became a victim of an unusual Christmas light vandalism over the weekend of 28th November 2020.
Anna Seymour who returned to her shop at 127 Lambourne Road on Monday was shocked to find her newly purchased decorative Christmas lights were not working. On closer inspection she found that the lights had been snipped in what she initially believed to be anti-Christmas vandalism.
Hours later however she discovered that the lights had actually been cut for even more unscrupulous reasons and that her neighbours catalytic converter had bene stolen. Worse still the thieves even had the audacity to remove a bulb from the porch security light of the neighbour. Removing the lights obviously made them feel less likely to be spotted by passing walkers.
The resident who had the Catalytic converter stolen, wrote on facebook (sic):
"Yeah I rang the police and they saw me at the window just carried on regardless, my Van's been done and had tools taken 3 times in as many months first time cleared about 3ks worth.
"Always on a wednesday night
thursday morning scumbags."
CRRA had offered to replace the lights and fix them more securely. However, Anna has managed to reconnect her lights.
The incident is just another warning to people of Chigwell Row that catalytic converter theft is her to stay. We must all better protect ourselves and one way to do that is by using the 20% discount that we have secured for local residents via Gravel Lane Autos. You can read up about this and other ways to keep your vehicles safe using our advice posted previously (click here).
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